FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — With its low taxes, business-friendly infrastructure, robust talent pool, and economic growth that is outpacing the nation, more businesses are relocating to Greater Fort Lauderdale than ever before.
The Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance, Broward County’s official economic development organization, reports that New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey-based companies account for the majority of those the Alliance assists in relocating to Broward.
“Greater Fort Lauderdale is the new frontier for business expansion, with all the right elements to prosper both in business and in life,” said Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance President and CEO Bob Swindell. “We’ve cultivated one of the most business-friendly climates in the nation, offering public-private partnership opportunities, collaborative support, and an innovative spirit that catapults businesses to the next level. We’ve helped countless business leaders seamlessly relocate and expand in Broward, and the majority have only one regret: that they didn’t do it sooner.”
Recognized as a Top 2 U.S. metropolitan area for economic strength by Area Development, Broward County is home to more than 200 corporate, regional, and international headquarters and several multibillion-dollar sectors, including aviation and aerospace, manufacturing, global logistics, life sciences, and financial services, which have seen tremendous growth in recent years.
A Top 5 U.S. market for tech business growth, per CompTIA, Broward is also home to major companies such as UKG, Chewy, Citrix, Future Tech, and Magic Leap, which are reshaping sectors from aerospace and defense to finance and healthcare using cloud computing, augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and artificial intelligence (AI), which is poised to be a major growth sector …